Tom Emmer
U.S. Representative for Minnesota
Thomas Earl Emmer, Jr., was born in March 1961 in South Bend, Indiana. He played hockey as he earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law.
Emmer represented cities and counties facing lawsuits against police officers, volunteer firefighters, and inspectors. He served on city councils in two different Minnesota towns. He was elected to the state House of Representatives and won reelection twice. He lost the race for governor in 2010.
Emmer became a lobbyist and co-hosted a talk radio program in Minneapolis. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2014 and assumed office in January 2015.
He is married to Jacqueline, with whom he has 7 children. Emmer is Catholic.
In the News…
U.S. Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota said that his state should repeal its “trans refuge” law and that the transgender shooter who attacked the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis should not have had access to a gun under the state’s “red flag” laws.
Representative Emmer said, “We got to respect everyone. We got to have compassion for everyone. But we got to understand that we’ve got some serious mental health issues that are being exacerbated by these types of messages by people like Tim Walz and everybody who supported that law.”
“They have been encouraging this type of confusion. This poor young man was tortured. He clearly had serious mental health issues and rather than actually helping him, they were actually exacerbating it,” the congressman said. “You look at the sadness of these tortured human beings — because they do have regrets later — and no, we should have never started it. It should not be allowed.”
“This young man was seriously mentally disabled, deranged. Somebody had to know,” Representative Emmer said, adding, “Clearly, this young man was crying out for help. Why was no one hearing him?”
He said of the red flag law, “What that’s all about is, it’s usually used by a parent or, a law enforcement officer to go to the court and get an order that this individual, because of their emotional state, the mental, challenges that they have, the mental illness, cannot, should not, possess a firearm because they be a danger to themselves and or others.”
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The Honorable Tom Emmer
Representative for Minnesota
326 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
